What's your preference on speaker plugs and spades?

[bpassman]

First, I know that connectors are similar to cables and that aside from electrical properties (snake oil)....they do look good and can make a system look complete. I'm using simple banana plugs from Monoprice today going to my amps, and just bare wire at the speakers. What brand/type of plugs and spades are you guys using?

 

[KenM10759]

I just switched from Monoprice banana plugs to locking banana plugs from Blue Jeans cable. It's a WORLD of difference! Pictures on my thread here for "High end speaker cables made cheap".

 

[lovinthehd]

Bare wire ends are sexier? Otherwise I like the Sewell Silverbacks for their set screw attachment style myself...

 

[KenM10759]

I have Sewell Silverback 90° on my R100 surrounds. For the $27.43 in total I spent for all the materials used in making a pair of my "Placebo Performance Cable" brand product for my L-C-R set, I love the look...and the price.

 

[jliedeka]

I like the BJC locking bananas also. I don't think there's anything wrong with bare wire but if you change your setup, rewiring the receiver can be a pain.

Jim

 

[j_garcia]

https://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/best-banana-plugs-and-type-for-the-money-please-read-and-kindly-advise.84233/

https://forums.audioholics.com/forums/threads/avr-speaker-banana-plugs.97414/#post-1112326

 

[uncola]

I have some monoprice ones, bluejeans cable ones and some low mass zplug solder style from dyson audio.. the monoprice ones lost their shine and were loose in the binding posts.. I definitely recommend the bluejeanscable ones if you don't want to solder

 

[tyhjaarpa]

Bare wire on both ends.

 

[KenM10759]

Bare wire on both ends.

I used to do this, and it became much more of a hassle than it was worth as receivers got more channels and the back of the units more crowded. Of course my eyes aren't what they once were either, but I found more instances of a stray strand of speaker wire becoming a problem.

Switching to Monoprice banana plugs first by way of my son providing them, I now use the Blue Jean Cable locking style and now I can switch wires or speakers confident that I have good, secure and clean connections.

If just hooking to an amp or integrated, bare wire is still just fine.